The Malaysian Insider in its report, ‘Dr M defensive over Mukhriz, BN’s losses’ said that Tun Dr. Mahathir denied that he was brokering a deal for Mukhriz’s inclusion in the new cabinet line-up tomorrow.

Tun Dr. Mahathir does not need to broker any deal at all… He has his way of doing things or [...]

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, UMNO Deputy President and also Director of the Barisan Nasional (BN) machinery for the three by-elections, was reported by Malaysian Insider to give 5 reasons BN why is confident of a good result in the by-elections.

elevation of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as the new Prime [...]

The just concluded UMNO party election may have endorsed Datuk Seri Najib as the new President of UMNO but can he get the endorsement from the people as the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
Since the dismay performance of Barisan Nasional in the 12th General Election on 8th March 2008, there are voices within UMNO that called [...]

Not only superstition is used on opposition political parties (It was Development, then Sex, and now Superstition), it is even used internally against party member or more specifically UMNO President. The latest target is UMNO President who is also the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Malaysiakini reported that the police bomb squad found [...]

Yesterday’s announcement by UMNO Disciplinary Board Chairman Tengku Tan Sri Ahmad Rithaudeen Ismail seems to be a systematic move to indirectly wipe out people close to current President Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The main person and the top contender is of course Datuk Seri Ali Rustam who is eyeing for the Deputy Presidency. The [...]

Behrang Assemblyman, Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, finally announced that he has quit Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) on Tuesday, 3 February 2009. Though he said he would remain as an independent member of the Perak Legislative Assembly, he could probably be in negotiation to join UMNO.
It is now for UMNO to prove that it is a party [...]

2008 is coming to an end. The following are some flashbacks of the political events in Malaysia in 2008. Some might just make us laugh…
January
15: The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the V.K. Lingam video-clip began. List of witnesses:

Chuah Lay Choo
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Datuk V. Kanagalingam
Loh Mui Fah
Mohd Zabri Adil [...]